Many Americans believed in progress toward better race relations after the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. They saw a future where African Americans and other minorities would emerge from poverty to become fully integrated in American life. In 'Our Children Are Our Future--They're Bigots,' Richard Cohen is apparently writing to parents, the group of people he defines as between the ages of thirty and forty-nine. Cohen uses ethos, logos, and pathos …showed first 75 words of 870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 870 total…of the civil rights movement was that African Americans and other minorities would loom from poverty to become fully devoted in American life. Cohen is writing to the group of people between the ages of thirty and forty-nine. For this essay to appeal to a younger audience rather than whom he is writing to change his use of language, organization, and rhetorical appeals. To appeal to the older audience Cohen uses ethos, logos, and pathos.